# Urea's cheap but farmers urged to act on phosphate as prices soar | Farm Online | ACT

> Australian urea prices have drifted down near or below pre-war levels, with stocks at high mid-season volumes. Concerns are rising over availability and cost of MAP, DAP and superphosphate, mainly sourced from the Middle East, which could be constrained by Red Sea hostilities.

- Date: 2026-07-28 · published 2026-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18656-urea-s-cheap-but-farmers-urged-to-act-on-phosphate-as-prices-soar-farm-online
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Red Sea disruption threatens Middle East phosphate shipments to Australia, supporting phosphate prices while urea stays weak.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2022-11-09 | [Fertilizer Prices Continue to Slump as Rail Strike Worries Reignite](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39003-fertilizer-prices-continue-to-slump-as-rail-strike-worries-reignite.md) | -1.4% | -9.8% |
| UREA | 2020-03-11 | [How Coronavirus Plays A Role In Fertilizer Pricing \| Hoosier Ag Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54078-how-coronavirus-plays-a-role-in-fertilizer-pricing-hoosier-ag-today.md) | -0.6% | -1.7% |
| UREA | 2025-03-21 | [Friday’s Insider: The Butterfly Effect — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25928-friday-s-insider-the-butterfly-effect-fertilizer-daily.md) | -0.6% | +6.5% |
| DAP | 2021-02-19 | [More Than Farm Demand: Why Phosphate and Potash Fertilizer Prices are Surging - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12869-more-than-farm-demand-why-phosphate-and-potash-fertilizer-prices-are-surging.md) | -1.5% | -1.7% |
| DAP | 2025-06-01 | [The price of phosphate fertilisers continues to rise and everything indicates that there will be an upturn in urea prices – Dezba Inspection](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4338-the-price-of-phosphate-fertilisers-continues-to-rise-and-everything-indicates.md) | +0.7% | +3.8% |
| DAP | 2023-12-11 | [Diammonium Phosphate Prices Surge Globally Amidst Supply Chain Constraints](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33031-diammonium-phosphate-prices-surge-globally-amidst-supply-chain-constraints.md) | +0.9% | +3.9% |
| DAP | 2023-04-28 | [Some farmers in Southwest Ohio are experiencing phosphate shortages - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36726-some-farmers-in-southwest-ohio-are-experiencing-phosphate-shortages-brownfield.md) | -11.1% | -18.8% |
| DAP | 2026-07-29 | [Strait of Hormuz pressure on fertilizers: sulfur rises 322% in one year, phosphates lose demand and urea advances again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18694-strait-of-hormuz-pressure-on-fertilizers-sulfur-rises-322-in-one-year.md) | +1.6% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/9319379/ureas-cheap-but-farmers-urged-to-act-on-phosphate-as-prices-soar/

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